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xia ku cao 夏枯草

 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

 

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Present day Application:

  1. Hypertension and arteriosclerosis: xia ku cao 1000 g, boil and make extract, strain. Repeat 3 times. Mix the 3 batches of extract. Add some honey. Boil and reduce into paste. Store in refrigerator. Take 1 spoon, twice a day with warm boiled water. This therapy can maintain the blood pressure in normal range. Animal studies showed that xia ku cao can slow down the formation arterial sclerosis, lowered blood lipids, and had good result in treating cardiovascular diseases. [1]

  2. Acute tonsillitis: for acute infection: xia ku cao 30 ~ 60 g, boil and make extract. Strain. Repeat 2 times. Mix the extract. Use it in one day. Sip slowly so that the liquid can stay in the throat longer to contact the affect area.

  3. Amnesia: xia ku cao 15 g, ban xia 12 g. Make into decoction. One dose a day for 10 day.

  4. Whooping cough: xia ku cao 15 g, san bai pi 10 g, huang qin  9 g, di gu pi   9 g, pi pa ye 10 g, cha di long 9 g, jiang can 10 g. gan cao   3 g. Make into decoction. One dose a day.

  5. Coughing blood due to TB of the lungs and bronchial dilation

  6. Chronic headache: xia ku cao, ge gen, make into decoction.

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　　1.防治高血壓及動脉粥样硬化
　　中國中醫研究院廣安 門医院陳鼎祺， 讓肝陽上亢型高血壓病患者用夏枯草1000克，煎3次去渣，加适量蜂蜜熬成膏，放冰箱内冷藏，每天早晚各服1匙，温开水送服，使其血壓能持久稳定于正常范围。動物实验表明夏枯草能延缓主動脉中粥样斑块的形成，对降血脂、治療冠心病動脉硬化有良好功效。
　　2.治療急性扁桃体炎
　　取夏枯草苦寒之性以清热毒，取其辛味以發散 風热，消散郁结，用于治療風热邪毒搏结于咽喉所致的急性扁桃腺炎。临床以夏枯草30－60克，水煎2次，混合药液后一日内频频服完，服时徐徐咽下，以延长药液在咽部的滞留时间，使药直接作用于病灶處，有很好的作用。
　　3.治失眠
　　治精神萎靡，夜難入眠，甚则通宵達旦，心煩易怒，易驚易梦，舌质红，脉细数。证属郁火内扰，陽不交陰之候。药用夏枯草15克、半夏12克，水煎服，日1剂，连服10剂。
　　4.治療百日咳
　　百日咳临床症状以痉挛性咳嗽为主症，咳时涕泪皆出，满面通红，似肝火刑肺之咳状。夏枯草清肝热，泄肝火，平肝气，疏通气结，使肺金不受其刑。治法以夏枯草15克、桑白皮10克、黃 芩9克、地骨皮 9克、枇杷葉10克、炒地龍9克、僵蠶10克、甘 草3克，水煎服，日1剂，治療小儿百日咳，可获良效。
　　5.治療肺结核、支气管扩张之顽固性咯血
　　用夏枯草30克、百部20克、黃 芩12克、杏仁12克、代赭石12克，治療久治不愈之咯血。
　　6.治顽固性头痛
夏枯草配葛根，升降结合治头痛。巅顶及项后風池 處，皆肝胆經循行之處。夏枯草清肝胆，使循經上炎之郁火直折，还可起引經作用，引诸药直达病所，配葛根升发清陽，止痛解肌，可使顽固性头痛

 

 

夏枯草水提物使小鼠ALT和AST值明显升高，说明夏枯草有肝脏毒性作用。

Pharmaceutical name:英文藥名﹕

Latin botanical name:拉丁文學名﹕

Prunella vulgaris Linn.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

Other Names:

 bang chui cao, tie she cao, da tou hua, xia ku tou

棒槌草、鐵色草、大頭花、夏枯頭  なし

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Common Selfheal

Distribution:

產地﹕

Properties (characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

acrid, bitter, slightly cold

辛﹐苦﹐微寒

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, gall bladder.

入肝﹐膽二經。

Actions & Indications:用途﹕

goiter

  1. eyes sensitive to light, tears, painful at night,

  2. breast cancer

  3. headache and dizziness

  4. scrofula

  5. hypertension

  6. facial paralysis

  7. tuberculosis of the lungs

  8. vaginal infection

  9. excessive bleeding during menopause

  10. pain and ache of the muscles and bones

  11. acute hepatitis

 

  1. 瘰 癭 瘤 ，

  2. 乳 癰 乳 癌 ，

  3. 目 珠 夜 痛 ，

  4. 羞 明 流 淚 ，

  5. 頭 目 眩 暈 ，

  6. 口 眼 歪 斜 ，

  7. 筋 骨 疼 痛 ，

  8. 肺 結 核 ，

  9. 急 性 黃 疸 型 傳 染 性 肝 炎 ，

  10. 血 崩 ，

  11. 血壓高

  12. 帶 下 。

  Medical functions:

藥理﹕

Medical functions:

  1. diuretic effects: because of its high content of potassium salt.

  2. lowering blood pressure effect

  3. antibiotic effect

  4. antifungal effect

  5. anti-inflammatory effect

  6. inhibiting immune system effect

藥理﹕

  1. 利尿作用﹕因含有豐富的鉀鹽之故。

  2. 降壓作用。

  3. 抗菌作用﹕有不同程度的抑制痢疾桿菌,傷寒桿菌,霍亂弧菌,大腸桿菌,變形桿菌,葡萄球菌及人型結核桿菌作用。

  4. 抑制真菌作用。

  5. 抗炎作用﹕其抗炎效應與腎上腺皮質中糖皮質激素合成、分泌的加強有密切關係。

  6. 免疫抑制作用﹕以夏枯草 注射液皮下注射，可使動物胸腺、脾臟明顯萎縮，腎上腺明顯增大，血漿皮質醇水平明顯升高，表明其是一種免疫抑制劑。

Chemical ingredients:化學成份﹕

to be loaded

Dosage:

用量﹕

Samples of formulae:處方舉例﹕

Acute infectious kerato-conjunctivitis: use xia ku cao 15 g, ju hua 15 g, pu gong ying 30 g. Make into decoction and use as tea.

肝火旺而引起的目赤腫痛 (急性結膜炎、流行性角膜炎) 用夏枯草五錢、菊花五錢、蒲公英一兩，水煎服

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

 

use caution in cases of weak digestion. Long term usage can cause irritation for the stomach. If long term usage is necessary, add dang shen and bai zhu to the formulae being used.

脾胃虛弱者小心服用。久服對腸胃會有刺激。如需長服﹐可酌加黨參﹐白朮。

夏枯草水提物使小鼠ALT和AST值明显升高，说明夏枯草有肝脏毒性作用。

 

 Scrofula : A form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. Also called struma. (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)

 

[1] 中國中醫研究院廣安門医院陳鼎祺

 

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